2000 Chevy Silverado project "Charlie Murphy"
12-31-2015, 08:32 PM
#451
Use a hammer and a punch to push the dowel out of the back of the block. It takes a lot of force. I use a 3 Lb mini sledge.
Penetrating oil can help too...
It's fairly critical for engine alignment. If it's off you may cause wear to the trans pump, possibly damage the crank and so on... You will have a hard time getting the converter hub to seat in the crank if its to far off.
If you can't get it, let me know I will send you one for cost of shipping. I know we can priority mail for around $5-$6. Over night might be to expensive. $20 plus
Penetrating oil can help too...
It's fairly critical for engine alignment. If it's off you may cause wear to the trans pump, possibly damage the crank and so on... You will have a hard time getting the converter hub to seat in the crank if its to far off.
If you can't get it, let me know I will send you one for cost of shipping. I know we can priority mail for around $5-$6. Over night might be to expensive. $20 plus
I would get it in there as well. The dowels would take the load if the bolts happened to be loose enough for the trans to slip (rotate). With only one dowel, the only other thing stopping the rotating is the trans input shaft. So you will be side loading the input shaft. Not something I would want.
My wood has moves you would believe! Seriously though, I'm scared I'd destroy the radiator!
Well, I beat the **** out of the dowel with a 5lb sledge and a punch.
01-01-2016, 06:53 AM
#455
I didn't get a ton done mostly because there was a party going on, but I did manage a tiny bit of progress.
First off, the fight today was motor mounts. I couldn't get the stupid things to line up. I don't know if I tweaked them when I pulled the engine or what. I finally got it, but what a hassle.
After that, I installed the AC compressor and moved on to the water pump. I wasn't planning on replacing the water pump originally, but I figured since I've got everything apart why not? I ended up going with a Gates brand. The cheapest place was Amazon. I ordered a replacement thermostat and housing too.
The water pump comes with the seals. I went to put them on and noticed they didn't align quite right with the openings on the pump. Here's a pic compared to AC Delco.
I'm sure I could have filed out the openings a bit and made them work, but the AC Delco aligned perfectly, so I just used those.
Unless I get distracted, I should finish up tomorrow.
First off, the fight today was motor mounts. I couldn't get the stupid things to line up. I don't know if I tweaked them when I pulled the engine or what. I finally got it, but what a hassle.
After that, I installed the AC compressor and moved on to the water pump. I wasn't planning on replacing the water pump originally, but I figured since I've got everything apart why not? I ended up going with a Gates brand. The cheapest place was Amazon. I ordered a replacement thermostat and housing too.
The water pump comes with the seals. I went to put them on and noticed they didn't align quite right with the openings on the pump. Here's a pic compared to AC Delco.
I'm sure I could have filed out the openings a bit and made them work, but the AC Delco aligned perfectly, so I just used those.
Unless I get distracted, I should finish up tomorrow.
01-02-2016, 06:15 AM
#457
First thing I did today was swap out the oil pressure sensor. I don't know exactly what the differences are, or when they changed over, but mine is taller and has 1 wire and the new one is shorter and has 3 wires. (I think.)
One thing though, you really do have to have the socket for this. Luckily, it's $10 at Amazon or Autozone.
I went ahead and replaced the knock sensors too.
I didn't realize this but apparently the 4 port crossover coolant vent pipe is uncommon. I went ahead and replaced the o-rings on the steam pipe. Also, I used a tiny bit of RTV black on the knock sensor harness. If I do this again, I plan on replacing it.
Moving on to the intake manifold. At fist I was thinking I should run the 2005 version, but in the end I decided to use the 2000 version. I was also going to clean it real well, but I don't care to delay this project while the dries out.
This was the worst runner. I don't remember which cylinder it was. I'm kind of surprised honestly. I expected much worse. I cleaned up the runners a little bit and snapped on new gaskets. My new gaskets were green instead of orange.
What it looked like behind the throttle body.
I ended up plugging the EGR hole with this.
At this point I pretty much have everything done. I need to tighten a few bolts here and there, install the belts, add oil and coolant, and weld in the O2 sensor bung.
I was looking over the harness. It was around 2:00 am at this point, and I for the life of me can not recall what this plug is for. It's near the power steering pump.
So tomorrow I'm hoping to get it running. I haven't used HPTuners much and it's been a while, but I'm imagining just taking a 6.0 tune from the repo and comparing it to my tune, then changing the tables for the LQ4.
Luckily this isn't my daily driver so I can take my time with tuning.
01-02-2016, 06:24 AM
#458
So this shows up on my Facebook today with the caption:
"Well I got my new years resolution taken care of.
Wash my truck this year. *CHECK*"
5 years ago today I posted this picture.
So I posted up this reply:
"Well it's been 5 years.
I'm currently finishing up an engine swap. Once I swap the 6.0L, nothing will be left from the factory, drivetrain-wise. Transmission, transfercase, drivelines, rear differential, front differential, all swapped. The factory leaf springs are in the rear, but there's helper air bags and they're bolted to lowering shackles and lowering hangar mounts. Up front, the torsion bars are removed with coilovers instead along with front and rear away bars.
With the exception of stance, it's been a lot of work that looks like nothing's been done.
I need to paint the rollpan and weld in a patch panel in the tailgate. The truck may be in the 11's and I should be able to beat on it daily.
It'll be fun to beat a stock Corvette with my dirt bike in the back. Ha!
...it's still dirty though."
I know I take a lot of pictures but I had forgotten about this one. It's strange, but there aren't many pictures of my truck stock.
"Well I got my new years resolution taken care of.
Wash my truck this year. *CHECK*"
5 years ago today I posted this picture.
So I posted up this reply:
"Well it's been 5 years.
I'm currently finishing up an engine swap. Once I swap the 6.0L, nothing will be left from the factory, drivetrain-wise. Transmission, transfercase, drivelines, rear differential, front differential, all swapped. The factory leaf springs are in the rear, but there's helper air bags and they're bolted to lowering shackles and lowering hangar mounts. Up front, the torsion bars are removed with coilovers instead along with front and rear away bars.
With the exception of stance, it's been a lot of work that looks like nothing's been done.
I need to paint the rollpan and weld in a patch panel in the tailgate. The truck may be in the 11's and I should be able to beat on it daily.
It'll be fun to beat a stock Corvette with my dirt bike in the back. Ha!...it's still dirty though."
I know I take a lot of pictures but I had forgotten about this one. It's strange, but there aren't many pictures of my truck stock.
01-02-2016, 01:14 PM
#460
Those orange intake gaskets are no good. Notice how they are practically flat.
The early coolant crossover is rare. Most people don't care for the cooling system and those crode. I believe it was used up until 2001 when they changed. at some point They also went from the oring to a flat gasket seal on the new front only crossover and end cap seals.
Atomic is correct! That plug is for the coolant Temp sensor.
The early coolant crossover is rare. Most people don't care for the cooling system and those crode. I believe it was used up until 2001 when they changed. at some point They also went from the oring to a flat gasket seal on the new front only crossover and end cap seals.
Atomic is correct! That plug is for the coolant Temp sensor.